This said, what we all suffer are the infamous filter bubbles where different people end up thinking the same and recognizing the same (fictional) reality. — DiegoT
Just how, really, is Trump a "proto-Hitler"?Trump is a proto-hitler: he's maniac enough, but has none of the other necessary qualities. — tim wood
I don't find anything similar with Hitler when looking at Trump. Has Trump had any kind of ideology and even written a book about it? No, and the art of the deal was written by a ghostwriter who isn't proud of it. War veteran? No. Somebody who has huge megalomaniac visions for his country? No. — ssu
I will accept your criticism as a general criticism of imprecision on my part. But you have not addressed any of the substance of it, or the rest of the post: I think you did not read it with much care, merely responding to a word. I suggest too that you look up "proto-."Just how, really, is Trump a "proto-Hitler"? — ssu
Perhaps you will accept this challenge. Trump commuted the life sentence of Alice Johnson - a good thing. A very good thing which likely could be replicated thousands of more times, pardoning people who have been in prison for too long under mandatory drug sentencing guidelines. — tim wood
I don't find anything similar with Hitler when looking at Trump. — ssu
And this is a huge issue here. You see, Trump started with the dream any President would have, a Congress that his party dominated, which itself was totally shellshocked from his candidacy and election victory and totally. Imagine what a authoritarian who wasn't as inept could have done.Trump is clearly an authoritarian - in the bad sense - racist, fascististic bully-boy of whom the kindest and gentlest thing that can be said of his performance as president is that he simply does not have a clue. No clue at all. — tim wood
UUUuuuhhh.... that's a hard one, Tim.Perhaps you will accept this challenge. Trump commuted the life sentence of Alice Johnson - a good thing. A very good thing which likely could be replicated thousands of more times, pardoning people who have been in prison for too long under mandatory drug sentencing guidelines.
A good thing. He did a good thing. Name another good thing Trump ever did. Can you? — tim wood
Then you must simply not be looking hard enough. Hmm, what possible similarities could there be between a white, male, racist, xenophobic, authoritarian-style leader, with a penchant for hyperbole and inflammatory rhetoric, and who calls the media the enemy of the people, and Hitler? — S.
White is a colour, like the skin of albino types in Africa that are killed to perform traditional African rites. Trump´s skin is not exactly that colour. Perhaps you mean he looks European? Like Hitler, but also like Einstein or Erasmus of Rotterdam or Marion Cotillard or Rafa Nadal? Male is a sexual condition, that Trump shares with half of our species (and many other species). We must need males, or Mother Nature would not make that huge investment. Racist means nothing, like xenophobic. These are words that don´t describe reality, they are only a stone thrown at people. Authoritarian-style is one possible style of management, perfectly legal and acceptable so far as it is carried out under the law. As for hyperbole and inflammatory rhetoric; in comparison with whom? Who do you think, among the politicians and communicators criticizing Trump today, is moderate and conciliatory? — DiegoT
Basically when he got to power, the generals he took to his cabinet with the exception of Flynn weren't such a bad option. Typically a GOP President would have picked lobbyists and clueless neocon politicians to the positions (which actually fill the seats now), but Trump picked highly appreciated generals to the spots for some unknown reason. — ssu
As such they're not just a red herring, they're a red whale. Are you getting the idea? — tim wood
Can you use another term instead of "racism"? It does seem to imply that "Mexican" is a race, "Muslim" is a race, and "illegal immigrant" is a separate race too. Perhaps you mean Trump wants to filter out people who don´t have the level of civilization (democratic values, respect for secular Law, respect for human rights, and the abstract thinking skills required to understand those notions) that is required to live in a civilized society; and people who try to enter the U.S. illegally. Leave races for Indianapolis I recommend!You get the point, I think. Though I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to explain it all away. But I say there's no smoke without fire. — S
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